Car-mover.



^ R. P. HAGBMAN.

CAB HOVER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1009. y 939,249, Patented N0v,9,1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RANDOLPH F. HAGEMAN, OF NEV MADISON, OHIO.

CAR-IVIOVER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH E. Haen- Max, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at New Madison, in the county of Darke and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Car-Mover, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to carmovers and is designed to provideimprovements over Patent No. 850154 granted to me on April 16, 1907. Itcontemplates the construction of a device of this type and characterwhich will eliminate all lateral displacement upon the track; which willbe provided with an anti-friction device that protects the point of theshoe and which will further have an adjustable device, whereby the uppersurface of the rail may be grasped, while the mover is in operation.

IV ith the above and other objects in view this invention consists inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts all ashereinafter fully described, specifically claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing wherein,-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a car-mover constructed after my improvedmethod. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken along the line 22 of Fig.l. j

Referring to the drawings, there is shown the shoe 1 consisting of twowings 2 spaced at their forward extremities by the integral block 3.These wings have pivoted between them at their rearward extremities theoperating lever 4, the fulcrum 5 thereof forming a connection wherebythe rearward extremities of said wings are secured together, and whichhas secured thereto through the instrumentality of the toggle joint 6the wheel-engaging block or shoe 7, the same having a forward face whichis curved on an arc of approximately the same curvature as the wheelrim. This lever is provided on its under face midway between its fulcrum5 and the pivot 8 of the toggle joint with a transverse stop 9 whichprevents the same from being removed by the operation thereof, from itsnormal position.

In order to provide an anti-friction device at the forward extremity ofthe shoe l, there is journaled adjacent the block 8 at the outerextremity of said shoe a roller or operating wheel 10, which, when thedevice is in use forms a chock block between the wheel and the track andfacilitates the movement of both the shoe and the wheel.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application led. July 17, 1909.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909. Serial No. 508,188.

To prevent any lateral displacement of the shoe upon the track there iscarried adjacent the block 3, the downwardly project'- ing lugs l1 whichare so situated that when the car-mover is in operation the rail isinterposed therebetween.

To further facilitate the operation of this device and to eliminate alllongitudinal slipping thereof there is provided in the under face of theblock 3 an angular groove in which there is disposed the sharpened calk12 which is in cross section in the form of approximately an equilateraltriangle, thus making it possible to change the bearing edge thereofshould the latter become worn or dull.

Car-movers heretofore constructed have not been provided as in thepresent invention with a means whereby the same may be operatedlongitudinally on the track without any friction or slipping. It will benoticed in the present invention that the roller 10 is interposedbetween the car wheel and the rail with the calk 12 engaging the latterwhereby as the lever arm is depressed, the block 7 by means of thetoggle joint 6 is elevated and exerts a sufficient pressure on the carwheel to start the same from its position of rest, after which the toolmay be advanced along the rail and the operation repeated withoutdisengaging the tool from the rail.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire'toprotect by U. S. Letters Patent is 1. A. car-mover comprising a shoearranged for engagement with the rail, having a pair of downwardlyprojecting lugs for preventing any lateral displacement thereof, ananti-friction roller journaled in the forward extremity of said shoeadapted to simultaneously engage the car Wheel and the rail, a leverfulcrumed at the rearward extremity of said shoe, a wheel engaging blockcarried by said shoe above said roller, and means carried by said leverfor actuating said block.

2. A car-mover comprising a shoe, having outwardly projecting lugs toengage the head of a rail, an anti-friction roller journaled in theforward extremity of said shoe adapted to simultaneously engage the carwheel and the rail, a lever pivoted at the rear extremity of said shoe,a wheel-engaging block secured to the extremity of said lever throughthe instrumentality of a toggle-joint, and an anti-slipping devicecarried on the loWer face of said shoe adapted to engage the rail inrear of said roller and coperate with the latter to support said shoeupon the rail.

3. A car-mover comprising a shoe, having outwardly proj eoting lugs toengage the head of a rail7 an anti-friction roller journaled in theforward extremity of said shoe adapted to simultaneously engage theWheel and the rail, a lever pivoted at the rear extremity of said shoe,a wheel-engaging block carried by said shoe above said roller andsecured to the extremity of said lever through the instrumentality of atoggle joint, and a tri-angularly formed adjustable anti-slipping devicecarried on the under face of said shoe in rear of said roller andadapted to cooperate With the latter to support said shoe on said rail.

4. A car mover comprising a shoe having a pair of oppositely disposedlugs adapted to engage the head of a rail, an antifriction rollerournaled in the forward extremity of said shoe and adapted tosimultaneously engage the Wheel and rail, a lever pivoted to the rearextremity of said shoe, a Wheel engaging block supported in said shoeabove said roller and having a rounded face to engage said wheel, saidblock being connected to the extremity of said lever through theinstrumentality of a toggle joint, and a detachable antislipping deviceprojecting from the bottom face of said shoe in rear of said roller andadapted to coperate With the latter to support said shoeon said rail.

n testimony that I elaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto al'lixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

RANDOLPH F. HAGEMAN.

lVitnesses A. H. BAUSMAN J. E. HYDE.

